<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 5.50.4134.100" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>How is the grain aligned in solid wood = ribs? Vertical or horizontal, when looking at the corss-section of a rib? IIII = or = ?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>And in laminated ones?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> Calin Tantareanu<BR>----------------------------------------------------<BR>&nb= sp;<A href="http://calintantareanu.tripod.com">http://calintantareanu.tripod.= com</A><BR>----------------------------------------------------<BR></FONT= ></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT lang=0 style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: = #ffffff" face=Arial color=#000040 size=3 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><BR></FONT><FONT = lang=0 style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" face="Times New Roman" = color=#000040 size=3 FAMILY="SERIF">      At roughly5mm per = thickness either would bend easily in a caul. The laminations are still quarter = sawn stock. Flat sawn stock would bend even easier but wouldn't be quite as = stiff.<BR>       Dale Erwin</FONT><FONT = lang=0 style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" face=Arial color=#000040 = size=3 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><BR></FONT><FONT lang=0 = style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" face=Arial color=#000040 size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px = solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px" TYPE="CITE"><FONT color=#000000></FONT><BR> </BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT>= </BODY></HTML>